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From: Diane Lovett <rambld@gateway.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 19:41:51 -0500
Fwd Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 19:59:18 -0500
Subject: Taiwan MND Confirms Incoming UFOs From China


I just found this on 'MyCnn'. I couldn't find a trace of it on
the main CNN site though. Because it pops up in separate window
with no URL of it's own, I just pasted the text here.

Diane Lovett

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Taipei, Jan. 18 (CNA) The Ministry of National Defense (MND) on
Tuesday confirmed the report that 10 unidentified flying objects
were spotted heading across the Taiwan Strait from mainland
China toward northern Taiwan and later disappeared at an
altitude of 14,000 feet to 25,000 feet on Jan. 16.

Judging by the direction of the wind and airflow, the MND
suggested the UFOs were sent from mainland China and said the
move has seriously threatened both Taiwan and international
aviation security.

The MND, making the statements during a regular press
conference, added that the ministry immediately informed the
Civil Aeronautics Administration and instructed them to pay
close attention to this situation and urged the mainland to
refrain from this kind of dangerous behavior.

Following the MND's warning, the Strait Exchange Foundation
(SEF), Taiwan's quasi-official organization dealing with
cross-strait affairs, sent a letter to its mainland counterpart,
the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS),
urging the relevant authorities to investigate the issue.

In the meantime, the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA)
plans to issue a warning on Tuesday afternoon to pilots flying
the Taiwan-Kinmen route as it judges that the unidentified
flying objects may cause disturbances to aircraft flying that
route.

Currently, no unusual objects have been detected by the CAA's
radar screens, but the warning from the MND illustrates that the
UFOs pose a potential danger on the Taiwan-Kinmen route, so the
CAA has decided it will issue the warning.

Several UFOs were again spotted on Jan. 17, according to the
MND.